Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acaa333
IDEntry
3402
Creator
Frostburg State University
Date
1981
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County (Md.), 1890-2008
Body
In 1981 the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, visited the campus of Frostburg State College (now Frostburg State University.) Seated here, she is shown with three Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority sisters. They are from the left, Carolyn Ferguson West, Danyell Winkey-Smith and Jody Cole-Redman.
Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. It is the first Greek-lettered sorority established by African-American college women. Coretta Scott King was an Honorary Member of AKA.
Notes
Information provided by Jody Cole-Redman. Photograph from A Century of Commitment - Frostburg State University, 1898-1998